Smooth-handed Ghost Crab (species: Ocypode cordimanus) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Ocypode cordimanus
Smooth-handed Ghost Crab


©Anne Hoggett: Ocypode cordimanus at South Island, Lizard Island Group

©University of Guelph students: Ocypode cordimanus at Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Ocypodidae
Genus Ocypode
Species Ocypode cordimanus

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 3.5 cm (Carapace width)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Quite abundant on Casuarina Beach. They were more common prior to 2009 when native Water rats reached the island.

Web resources

References

  • Jones, D.S. and G.J. Morgan (1994). A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Australian Waters Reed, Sydney. ISBN: 0 7301 0403 6.